Carlisle Floyd Quotes
I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.Carlisle Floyd
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
Mamie Van Doren -
America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
Carlisle Floyd -
I live alone, so I don't really talk to anyone once I'm home. I have some silent nights.
Patina Miller -
The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
Patrick Ness -
I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
Babette March -
This town was built on nepotism.
Damon Wayans
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
Yuna -
I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
Larry Bird -
Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.
Ira Glass -
I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.
Narendra Modi -
I deserve attention not because of any talent, but just because of who I am.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
Harold Kushner
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When there's no push back against Islamophobic rhetoric, people see that as tacit endorsement of anti-Islamic rhetoric.
Ibrahim Hooper -
It was a labor of love and they did really well.
Ian Hunter -
The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
Narendra Modi -
Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.
Vernon A. Walters -
I can hang out with all my boyfriend's friends. I know how to roll with the guys.
Rachel Bilson -
I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America.
Parminder Nagra
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My goal is really to continue to make music. I really don't make music to have platinum records and all that kind of stuff. I've been there. I do it because I love music, and I love uplifting people through my music. That's my real goal.
Gary Wright -
I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
Samantha Power -
A lot of girls annoy me who go to university - one girl told me she was going to Oxford because it was something to do between leaving school and getting married. And I've got to pay for that being an income tax payer.
Jeffrey Bernard -
I thought Love lived in the hot sunshine, But O, he lives in the moony light! I thought to find Love in the heat of day, But sweet Love is the comforter of night.
William Blake -
I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
Carlisle Floyd